Holder for sad-irons.



No. 642,685. Patented Feb. 6, I900. J. W. FARLEY.

HOLDER FOR SAD IRONS.

(Application filed Dec. 24, 1897. Renewed Nov. 29, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

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ED STATES JOHN W. ,FARLEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HOLDER FOR SAD-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,68 5, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed December 24:, 1897. Renewed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 738,727. (No model.)

To all whom it mar concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN W. FARLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Sad-Irons; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention. relates to non-heat-conducting and non-combustible holders for sad-irons; and the object of the invention is to provide a holder, support, or stand of non-heat-conducting and non-combustible material adapt ed to serve especially for sad-irons, but serviceable also for holding or supporting household articlessuch, for example, as kitchen utensils or the like-and wherein tables or table-coverings require to be protected to prevent burning or soiling.

To these several ends the invention consists in the construction of a holder substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new and improved holder, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective bottom view.

In the drawings as thus shown the holder is given a rectangular form preferably; but it may be round, octagonal, or of any other preferred form and of any convenient or desired size. Usually the holder is made large enough to accommodate a pair of sad-irons side by side when made for this especial purpose, and this is a convenient size for this use.

A represents the body of the holder, and B the border-frame. It will be noticed that the body A is in a sense hollow or cellular, having a double series of air-passages through the same,and is composed of the best quality of heavy asbestos paper or board,corrugated longitudinally in this instance, though this may as Well be done transversely, andconstructed in the body here shown of two such sheets; but two or more corrugated sheets may be used, according to the thickness desired, and said sheets have their corrugations arranged to match and are connected by a plain intervening non-heat-conduoting sheet or web 3,

likewise of asbestos or similar non-heat-conducting and non-combustible material. The several sheets 2, 2, and 3 are fastened together with fireproof solution at their contact-points, so as to constitute practically one piece or part, and the corrugations serve to give rigidity and firmness to the body, besides afiording insulation and ventilation, and thus making a holder which cannot be heated through from side to side. Any equivalent non-heat-conducting and non-combustible material may be used. The corrugations 4 run the full length of the outer sheets 2, and the border-frame B has holes 5 at intervals matching said corrugations, and therebyproviding through open passages from end to end of the holder and producing a ventilated article. The asbestos itself is a very effective non-conductor of heat; but by adding to this quality the advantage of air insulation throughout the body of the holder, coupled with ventilation, a holder is produced which is practically impenetrable to heat, and thus a very complete and desirable article is produced.

The border-frame B is designed to be more of a protection to the edges of the body Athan anything else and is not designed to be or constitute a part of the holding-surface. This border may be made of any suitable lightweight metal-such as tin, aluminium, or the like-and overlaps the edges on both sides and has a ring 7 to hang it up. In this instance the border is plain; but it may be of any attractive design or figure to add to its appearance.

I have found that notwithstanding the ventilation of the holder there is a tendency therein to sweat and deposit moisture, and this moisture will work through to the bottom in time and show on the table where the holder rests. Hence to take up such moisture and keep the bottom of the pad dry I provide a cover 0, of asbestos or equivalent absorbent material, stretched over the corrugated bot tom and secured at its edges beneath or over the border-frame B, as may be preferred. This affords asmooth exterior surface, and either or both sides of the holder may be covered in this way.

To prevent accumulation of dirt on the asbestos ribbed surfaces or on the cover 0, or both, I coat the same with a silicate solution which hardens and forms asurface which may be washed.

The character of holder shown and described in this application is such as is used as a stand or support on which the heated iron rests and has no relation to so-called sadiron holders which form a grip for the hand said sides, and a border-frame about said body, substantially as described.

3. A support for utensils and vessels having a body formed of two corrugated sheets arranged to form air-spaces between them, a plain sheet between said corrugated sheets, and a bottom covering of absorbent material outside said corrugated sheets, substantially as described.

4. A holder of the kind described, having a cellular body with corrugated surfaces on both sides, a fiat absorbent outside cover over one side of said body, and a border-frame overlapped by said cover, substantially as described.

VVitness my hand to the foregoing specifi cation this 16th day of December, 1897.

JOHN W. FARLEY.

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II. T. FISHER, II. E. MUDRA. 

